Directions: Use the following questions and resources to learn more about your individual. Take careful notes; you may not simply cut and paste from the Internet into your notes. Keep careful track of your sources for your Works Cited. Based on your research, you will create a profile of your individual to share with the class. This profile should provide basic background information on your individual and provide an overview of his/her stance on our main questions: where is the U.S. headed from here? what are the primary issues/concerns facing our nation? how would deal with these issues and concerns?
Questions to consider:
What's Nixon's political background?
What were the major issues for the Republican Party in 1968? What separated the Republicans from the Democrats in this election?
Who did Nixon appeal to in his campaigning and on what basis?
What were his major goals and concerns in 1968? How did he express these goals and concerns to the American people?
What did Nixon mean by the "silent majority"? Why did he focus on the issue of "law and order"?
Richard Nixon
By: Lorraine Caffery
Directions: Use the following questions and resources to learn more about your individual. Take careful notes; you may not simply cut and paste from the Internet into your notes. Keep careful track of your sources for your Works Cited. Based on your research, you will create a profile of your individual to share with the class. This profile should provide basic background information on your individual and provide an overview of his/her stance on our main questions: where is the U.S. headed from here? what are the primary issues/concerns facing our nation? how would deal with these issues and concerns?
Questions to consider:
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